Brigandine The Legend of Runersia
The continent of Runersia is home to six major powers with more than 40 bases, 100 knights, and 50 types of monsters. Select a ruler, organize knights and monsters into troops, and conquer enemy bases! How you wish to do battle is entire up to you, so devise the best strategies and lead your nation toward continental conquest! How will your legend unfold?
Time passes on Runersia in seasons. Each season consists of an Organization Phase and Attack Phase. During the Organization Phase, knights and monsters of various classes and skills are organized into troops in preparation for upcoming battles. During the Attack Phase, turn-based troop battles take place on a map made up of hexagonal spaces. Make use of unit skills, elements, enclosure effects, terrain advantages, and other battle tactics to lead your side to victory! All nations, knights, and monsters in the game will continue to battle and grow as you do. The game is also packed with other ways to grow your armies such as classes, equipment, and various items.
Runersia – a continent blessed with mana showers from times of old. Five Mana Stones discovered long ago have been embedded into special armor called Brigandines, each one representing the ideology of the nation possessing it. These have come to be known as the Brigandine of Justice, Sanctity, Freedom, Glory, and Ego. The time now is Runersia 781, and a war looms on the horizon for five nations and a small tribe with incompatible ideologies. Six rulers and their rune knights will throw themselves into the conflict, each with their own hopes and expectations. Once the land has been unified under a single banner, memories from The Legend of Runersia will be reclaimed and the truth of what happened here on Runersia shall be revealed.
Enemy nations aim to conquer the continent as well and will attack your bases to do so. The battle for the continent will differ with each playthrough.Accumulate stories and events from the six nations in the Records. After clearing the main mode, The Legend of Runersia, the Alternate Chapter challenge mode will be unlocked, allowing for even more replayability.
Main ModeChoose one of the six powers and reclaim the pages of "The Legend of Runersia" as you aim to unify the land.
Challenge ModeChoose ten epic heroes, one ruler and nine knights, and charge headfirst into chaos. Aim for total conquest.
Creative ModeAssemble an army of knights and monsters that have accompanied you on past campaigns. Plan and execute creative strategies for epic battles.
New Features
- Addition of Creative Mode
- Items to be Carried Over
- Customize Graphics Performance
- Optimized for Keyboard & Mouse
- Battle Map HP Display
Game Discussion
Steam User 13
BEAUTIFUL & Lovely Grand Strategy JRPG! Features amazing & inviting, intriguing combat, lots of brain-feeding excitement in the Prep strategy stages, a very detailed and quite gorgeous art style & so much more!! Really a nice gem, we quite like this one so far. A+! :)
Steam User 11
My opinion on the game is unfortunately more mixed than positive. But Brigandine is really the type of game, that you can easily spend 100s of hours into if it clicks with you. Sadly, it didn't quite go that way for me.
I bought this game thinking it would scratch my itch for a Fire Emblem game, and it sort of does in a minimal way. I really like the art-style and the general concept of conquering and maintaining the land. But all this game offers is conquest and battles, you really don't feel like you control all those lands since you don't use or do anything with it. Story is also close to nonexistent, since it occurs randomly. And by the time story progresses, it's more than likely for you to even forget the previous plot point.
Although battle systems are supposed to be fun in a game like this, I never really enjoyed the battles. Since the progression just feels like it's on a snail's phase. And I say this as someone who is neutral to EXP distribution of Fire Emblem games. The amount of EXP you get in this game is really not worth all the trouble, especially because of the possible loss of units in battles. The unit variety is extremely limited as well, I'm not even sure why the game claims there are 40 monsters. There is only about 10 and the rest of them are reskinned versions. In fact, if you are playing with just the strongest units, all you have are 2-3 variety of monsters.
I really respect Brigandine for being one of the older SRPG / TRPG series. Buts sadly this was my experience, in possibly the last game in a series that will probably never leave the purgatory state.
Hopefully Brigandine ends up having a revival, and we end up with a great game. Because the potential really is there.
Steam User 5
Everything I wanted is here. It's Brigandine GE in a modern engine with a good translation. It's mostly the same mechanics refined so you'll feel right at ease if you've played this PSX title before. I will play many hundred hours of this, I strongly recommend this to any strategy turn based players.
The only thing I don't like about this is that the Rune Knights and story is less solid than in GE. You love and hate more characters in Brigandine GE, you get to know all the nice nations in depth. This is less interesting but it's still OK.
The music is also somewhat weaker, but still OK.
Steam User 5
Initially I was skeptical and didn't like how LoR is because it didn't feel "Brigandine" enough. Alot of stuffs are changed and startup feels so different (especially when your first gameplay is as the nation with no Brigandine). But after doing one playthrough, I can start to see that it has the same feel. Sure it's not exact LoF/GE feel, but it's Brigandine. Setting up difficulties and other modes are fun, definitely a challenge if you cleared the original stories on highest difficulty.
Story and interaction (and of course, BGMs) are not the best (LoF BGMs are still the best imo). Art is, personally I'd say not-so-polished but I guess it's more to preference and/or the vibe they want to create.
It's too bad that the game probably won't get any updates because there are not many fans of Brigandine, but it will always be one of SRPG games I enjoy.
Steam User 5
This game would be so much better if the forces in the tactical combat parts started closer to each other. That first three turns of moving troops is a chore.
Steam User 7
This is a really good and faithful sequel. I watched my monsters make a name for themselves and grow into legends. It got me invested and sucked me in just like Legend of Forsena did when I was young. I had my doubts going in that they, we, could capture that feeling again. I'm happy to say the more I played the more I felt like I had jumped into a time machine. Thank you for bringing the magic back for me one more time.
Steam User 2
One of the most striking aspects of this game is its stunning graphics, with rich details and well-designed characters. Its battle system is also engaging, offering many different strategies and allowing players to experience true tactical depth.
Moreover, the story is compelling, with an exciting plot and interesting characters to follow. The various factions add depth to the game world, giving players plenty of choices to explore its narrative. The complex kingdom management system also adds an intriguing strategic element, allowing players to feel the true responsibility of leadership.
Overall, Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is an outstanding game for fans of strategy and fantasy. engaging battle systems, and a deep story, this game offers a satisfying and enjoyable experience.